I also got a blow by blow trip report of a full-on tourist trip to Italy (wow, you went to Rome? How unique!)

He asks if I have ever been to Italy.

"I only hiked into a corner of it so I could climb Mont Blanc."

Blank stare ensues. "So did you have to go through a border crossing?"

"Yes, the Italians have their entire Tenth Mountain Division stationed every 100 meters along the border to prevent terrorists from entering through the French alps."

My wife thought that was rude.

It is rude. There's no freaking need for them to be there. It's been borderless for since 1995, ten years after the Schengen Agreement was signed. People should be able to cross that border without ever having to smell bad aftershave. In fact, that alone should be in the next agreement, but whatever. The Italians will always be rude like that.

Ha!

Well, my wife is 50% DeLella (the other half is O'Bryan *fasepalm at the combination) so she has a soft spot for her peeps.

I also got a blow by blow trip report of a full-on tourist trip to Italy (wow, you went to Rome? How unique!)

He asks if I have ever been to Italy.

"I only hiked into a corner of it so I could climb Mont Blanc."

Blank stare ensues. "So did you have to go through a border crossing?"

"Yes, the Italians have their entire Tenth Mountain Division stationed every 100 meters along the border to prevent terrorists from entering through the French alps."

My wife thought that was rude.

It is rude. There's no freaking need for them to be there. It's been borderless for since 1995, ten years after the Schengen Agreement was signed. People should be able to cross that border without ever having to smell bad aftershave. In fact, that alone should be in the next agreement, but whatever. The Italians will always be rude like that.

Ha!

Well, my wife is 50% DeLella (the other half is O'Bryan *fasepalm at the combination) so she has a soft spot for her peeps.

I also got a blow by blow trip report of a full-on tourist trip to Italy (wow, you went to Rome? How unique!)

He asks if I have ever been to Italy.

"I only hiked into a corner of it so I could climb Mont Blanc."

Blank stare ensues. "So did you have to go through a border crossing?"

"Yes, the Italians have their entire Tenth Mountain Division stationed every 100 meters along the border to prevent terrorists from entering through the French alps."

My wife thought that was rude.

It is rude. There's no freaking need for them to be there. It's been borderless for since 1995, ten years after the Schengen Agreement was signed. People should be able to cross that border without ever having to smell bad aftershave. In fact, that alone should be in the next agreement, but whatever. The Italians will always be rude like that.

Ha!

Well, my wife is 50% DeLella (the other half is O'Bryan *fasepalm at the combination) so she has a soft spot for her peeps.

Mine is Canalli Bona - 100%.

You got married?

PTFT...no, not yet.

You got engaged?

No, but we've been talking about it for a while now. I think it's inevitable, but we need to figure some things out before we get to that point. But yeah, it's in the works.

I also got a blow by blow trip report of a full-on tourist trip to Italy (wow, you went to Rome? How unique!)

He asks if I have ever been to Italy.

"I only hiked into a corner of it so I could climb Mont Blanc."

Blank stare ensues. "So did you have to go through a border crossing?"

"Yes, the Italians have their entire Tenth Mountain Division stationed every 100 meters along the border to prevent terrorists from entering through the French alps."

My wife thought that was rude.

It is rude. There's no freaking need for them to be there. It's been borderless for since 1995, ten years after the Schengen Agreement was signed. People should be able to cross that border without ever having to smell bad aftershave. In fact, that alone should be in the next agreement, but whatever. The Italians will always be rude like that.

Ha!

Well, my wife is 50% DeLella (the other half is O'Bryan *fasepalm at the combination) so she has a soft spot for her peeps.

Mine is Canalli Bona - 100%.

You got married?

PTFT...no, not yet.

You got engaged?

No, but we've been talking about it for a while now. I think it's inevitable, but we need to figure some things out before we get to that point. But yeah, it's in the works.

I also got a blow by blow trip report of a full-on tourist trip to Italy (wow, you went to Rome? How unique!)

He asks if I have ever been to Italy.

"I only hiked into a corner of it so I could climb Mont Blanc."

Blank stare ensues. "So did you have to go through a border crossing?"

"Yes, the Italians have their entire Tenth Mountain Division stationed every 100 meters along the border to prevent terrorists from entering through the French alps."

My wife thought that was rude.

It is rude. There's no freaking need for them to be there. It's been borderless for since 1995, ten years after the Schengen Agreement was signed. People should be able to cross that border without ever having to smell bad aftershave. In fact, that alone should be in the next agreement, but whatever. The Italians will always be rude like that.

Ha!

Well, my wife is 50% DeLella (the other half is O'Bryan *fasepalm at the combination) so she has a soft spot for her peeps.

Mine is Canalli Bona - 100%.

You got married?

PTFT...no, not yet.

You got engaged?

No, but we've been talking about it for a while now. I think it's inevitable, but we need to figure some things out before we get to that point. But yeah, it's in the works.

It all sounds so romantic.

and now you know what romanticism looks like (or at least you understand how romanticism doesn't really work - seriously, if you want a good relationship, you need to work hard).

We just got back to NH after a 2 1/2 hour ceremony, a gluttonous lunch, changing the truck battery in Max's truck, dissembling a futon and packing it in my truck (fu€&ing futons; I loathe them), and driving 3 hours in the rain.

If there's no place like home, what will it be in two weeks when no place is home? I don't know either, but I can't wait.

I also got a blow by blow trip report of a full-on tourist trip to Italy (wow, you went to Rome? How unique!)

He asks if I have ever been to Italy.

"I only hiked into a corner of it so I could climb Mont Blanc."

Blank stare ensues. "So did you have to go through a border crossing?"

"Yes, the Italians have their entire Tenth Mountain Division stationed every 100 meters along the border to prevent terrorists from entering through the French alps."

My wife thought that was rude.

It is rude. There's no freaking need for them to be there. It's been borderless for since 1995, ten years after the Schengen Agreement was signed. People should be able to cross that border without ever having to smell bad aftershave. In fact, that alone should be in the next agreement, but whatever. The Italians will always be rude like that.

Ha!

Well, my wife is 50% DeLella (the other half is O'Bryan *fasepalm at the combination) so she has a soft spot for her peeps.

Mine is Canalli Bona - 100%.

You got married?

PTFT...no, not yet.

You got engaged?

No, but we've been talking about it for a while now. I think it's inevitable, but we need to figure some things out before we get to that point. But yeah, it's in the works.

It all sounds so romantic.

and now you know what romanticism looks like (or at least you understand how romanticism doesn't really work - seriously, if you want a good relationship, you need to work hard).

Work has been crazy here too. I realized for the first time the other week that there just aren't enough hour in the day.

No idea if I should be sad at this realization or happy that I made it 31 years before it happened.

I recommend quiting your job now, before you get turned into a zombie. It is too late for me, but at least I can see the outside from here. There are other have drunken the coolaid, can't even see it and don't know better.

Yeah. This whole scene is getting weird. Kinda want to go live in the woods for awhile..

Freaking tired. too much this weekend. 10 hour day on Fri didn't help. Wife wanted to watch Soul Surfer Sat night. by the time we got the kids off to bed it was 930. And she still wanted to watch it. funny, used to be staying up till midnight was no big deal. Sat the wife wanted to see Mud in the Theater. Didn't know anything about it, was actually pretty good. But made for a late night. Could have used some more sleep this weekend.

Freaking tired. too much this weekend. 10 hour day on Fri didn't help. Wife wanted to watch Soul Surfer Sat night. by the time we got the kids off to bed it was 930. And she still wanted to watch it. funny, used to be staying up till midnight was no big deal. Sat the wife wanted to see Mud in the Theater. Didn't know anything about it, was actually pretty good. But made for a late night. Could have used some more sleep this weekend.

Freaking tired. too much this weekend. 10 hour day on Fri didn't help. Wife wanted to watch Soul Surfer Sat night. by the time we got the kids off to bed it was 930. And she still wanted to watch it. funny, used to be staying up till midnight was no big deal. Sat the wife wanted to see Mud in the Theater. Didn't know anything about it, was actually pretty good. But made for a late night. Could have used some more sleep this weekend.